SHORTAGES OF PHARMACEUTICALS FOODSTUFFS AND MERCHANDISE IN THE LODZ DISTRICT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007900500002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 23, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of winch in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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SUBJECT Shortages of Pharma;,ieuticals i,
Foodstuffs and Mbrnh.andiae in tbe.
Lodz District
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1. In June 1955 all supplies of sarcolan1 and glucose were withdrawn from the
Lodz pharmacies on the official excuse that they were required to meet urgent
export requirements. Rumor in the city had it, however, that the drugs were
in fact defective and had caused 20 deaths before the authorities could wit',-
draw them,
2. In the Lodz district there is a flourishing black market in the more widely,
used drugs. Pharmacists, using physicians' blank prescription forms, buy
up their shops' pharmaceuticals themselves and resell them at inflated prices.
As a result, sick persons are often unable to find the drugs,they needy even
when searching outside Lodz in the neighboring towns.
3o Food shortages persist in the Lodz area and prices rise steadily. Certain
items suddenly disappear from the market and then reappear a short, time later
under different brand, names and at a higher- price. This happened with tea
during July 1955. A popular brand selling at 7010 zlotys per 100 grams
suddenly vanished and was replaced by a brand selling at?14 zlotys. Bread
flour and various types of sausage have been similarly affected.
4. During June 1955, textiles and other goods of better quality were withdrawn
from the Lodz sho
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shipped to Warsaw and Poznan to make an impression
on the foreign visitors to the World Youth, Festival and the Poznan Trade
Fair respectively. The Lodz population does not look with favor on the
various fa.irs9 festivals, and congresses which are being held in Poland
during the summer of 1955. It is estimated that the Warsaw World Youth
Festival alone will cost the Polish taxpayers some 1,5009000,000 :zlotys0
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is a compound of sarcolactic acid0
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